* SECRET SOUND • SEARCH ENGINE *
This page is to help listeners search for their specific interests within the Secret Sound history. The categories below highlight the traditions and methods which have influenced the featured artists. They also highlight the intersectionality of this history, which is naturally diverse, including many artists who have been marginalized and discriminated against because of their race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, or disability. All of the content here is in direct correlation with the number of episodes released; so, it will be growing slowly.
N.B. Most of the artists in this history explored many different esoteric traditions and methods; so many artists may link to multiple traditions/methods. Also, while my intention is not to reduce the identity of any artist to their race, gender, sexuality, or geography alone--I do want others who self-identity in these aspects to be able to find their likeness here. And I certainly want these identities acknowledged more truthfully and proudly in American music history.
I. ESOTERIC TRADITIONS
Baha'i Faith
Christian Science
Christian mysticism
Celtic religion
The Delphic movement
The Five Percent Nation
Enochian magic
Hinduism
I Am movement
Kabbalah / Jewish mysticism
Lucumí/Santería
Mesmerism
Native American religion
Nature religion
New Thought philosophy
Obeah
Seventh Day Adventism
spiritualism
Swedenborgianism/The New Church
Taoism
Thelema / Aleister Crowley
Theosophy
Transcendental Meditation (TM)
Vajrayana Buddhism
Zen Buddhism
III. CULTURAL IDENTITY
Race and Nationality
African American
Afro-Cuban American
Armenian American
Bahamian American
British American
Czech American
French American
German American
Irish American
Italian American
Jewish American
Lithuanian American
Native American
Portuguese American / Luso-Americans
Scottish American
Spanish American
Swiss American
Gender and Sexuality
Female
LGBTQ
Physical and Mental Disability
autism spectrum disorder
mental illness
visual impairment
IV. GEOGRAPHY (BY STATE)
Alabama - Alaska - Arizona - Arkansas - California - Colorado - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Georgia - Hawaii - Idaho - Illinois - Indiana - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Maryland - Massachusetts - Michigan - Minnesota - Mississippi - Missouri - Montana - Nebraska - Nevada - New Hampshire - New Jersey - New Mexico - New York - North Carolina - North Dakota - Ohio - Oklahoma - Oregon - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - South Carolina - South Dakota - Tennessee - Texas - Utah - Vermont - Virginia - Washington - West Virginia - Wisconsin - Wyoming
V. TIME PERIOD
20th Century
19th Century
18th Century